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Spider wasp drags Tarantula into hole


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Description: English: The female tarantula wasp has stunned the tarantula with its sting. In the video she pulls it into a hole in the ground. There it will lay a single egg on the belly of the spider. When the larva will hatch, it drills a hole into the paralyzed spider and eats it alive from the inside. The vital organs are spared until the end. Date: 23 February 2019. Source: Own work. Author: Yves Sorge. Camera location34° 01′ 25″ S, 18° 20′ 05″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-34.023611; 18.334722.

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